Street directory



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BULLETIN BOARD.

Patented Jan. 18, 1898.

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BU LLETlN-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,688, dated January18, 1898.

Application filed December 7, 1896.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE PERCY, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Sydney, New South Vales, Australia, have inventedcertain-new and useful Improvements in Bulletin-Boards orStreet-Directories; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full,clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make,use, and practice the same.

My invention relates to stationary bulletins and streetdirectories suchas are used for indicating the houses, places of business, and otherlocalities in the length of a block or within a certain locality or forexhibiting advertisements and the like.

These information guides are usually placed on a flat surface in theopen air, Where the light is variable and shifting, so that theydistance from them when he assumes some particular position withreference to them. Again, the information or announcement cards on suchbulletin-boards or directories are placed at diiferent heights, so thatthe angle of vision makes the higher cards difficult to read.

My improvement consists in mounting and supporting these cards orannouncementstrips in the bulletin or directory frame at such an angleto the vertical plane that the light will not shine directly upon themand so that the line of vision of a passing person or of one examiningthe cards from a distance will be more nearly at a right angle to thecards than if they were placed in a vertical plane.

In order to more clearly illustrate my improvement, reference is had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of myinvention with the door of the outer case closed. Fig. 2 is a similarelevation with the door of the case removed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section.through the center of the bulletin-board as inclosed in the case. Fig.tie a broken front elevation of the advertising-frame, giving a modifiedform of card attachment. a side elevation of the same.

Let A represent the outer frame of a street or other directory orbulletin-board. Inside Fig. 5 is Serial No 6l4,B43| (No model.)

of this outer frame, which is generally inclosed with a glass front, isa card or strip holder 13, in which the cards, plates, or strips onwhich the information to be imparted is secured, held, and supported.This card or strip holder may be variously constructed; but for thepurpose of this application I have shown the simplest form ofcard-holder,which consists of two side strips, one on each side of theboard ordirectory frame. These strips are provided with saw cuts orslits e e, di rectly opposite each other, into which the ends of thecards or strips are slipped and held. The cuts or slits, instead ofbeing made in a vertical line, are made at an angle downward andbackward, so that the cards or strips will be held and sustained in anangular or tipping direction. The extent of the angle is governed by theheight of the card from the street-that is, the higher up the card orstrip is placed in the frame the greater the angle, so that the line ofvision from a fixed point will strike the face of each card in the frameat an approximate right angle. The holding device, instead of being amere slit in a rail, may be a mechanical clasp which is adj ustable, sothat the card held by it. may be changed fromone angle to the other, aninstance of which is plainly shown at Figs. 4 and 5. Such devices are sonumerous'that it would be useless to try to enumerate them, but anyordinary mechanic can supply a suitable device without invention. Bythis arrangement of the cards I secure the advantages above stated, asthe tipped card or strip will keep the printed matter on its faceshadowed from the rays of the sun and will present it to observers inthe right line of vision.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is- In astreet-directory or bulletin-board, side strips having slits or clips atvarying angles to hold the cards or pictures to be exhibited atdifferent angles to the plane of the board, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day ofNovember, 1896.

GEORGE PERCY.

Witnesses LEE 1). CRAIG, FREDO. HART.

